| Pirate Bay case unlikely to be heard before summer
The trial of four people involved in operating The Pirate Bay will likely not take place before the summer. US fashion designer makes 'plagiarized' scarf payout (4 Mar 08) Luxury hotel in pattern theft row (28 Feb 08) Pirate Bay team in fresh internet controversy (21 Feb 08) Anita Thimberg from the Stockholm district court cited the complexity of the case involving the file sharing site as one of the main reasons for the delay. It can take weeks for the parties to simply go through all the documents included in the summons, she told The Local. Thimberg also pointed to the fact that many are party to the case, including record companies that may be seeking monetary damages. Its a rather large and unusual case, she said. No specific date has yet been set for the trial, which is expected to last four to six days.
Hijack accused had mental healthcare tick
The two pilots have been described as heroes but she said it was a description her husband shied from. The family returned to Nelson on Sunday after the pilot was discharged from Christchurch Hospital. Abdille appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody while a psychiatric report was prepared. She was due back in court on February 22. Air Nelson general manager John Hambleton said his company would be taking part in an Air New Zealand security review. .
Online Petitions Trying to Save `FNL'
Another beloved TV show is close to the chopping block. And yet again, its loyal fans are attempting to stave off the execution. With the writers strike over, a number of shows are in limbo as network executives plot their new schedules. Most notably, the fate of "Friday Night Lights" hangs in the balance. The hourlong drama, based on the 1990 book by H.G. Bissinger, focuses on a high school football team in Dillon, Texas. It's a deftly written (and elegantly scored) series about a small town in which football is both a blessing and a curse. For its first season, the Writers Guild Awards nominated it for best drama series. A critic for The New York Times has gushed: "I love `Friday Night Lights.'" Some reports have suggested NBC wants to bring back "Friday Night Lights," which was in the midst of its second season when the strike halted production.
Under the Hood With Knight Rider 2.0: Trans Am vs. Ford Mustang ...
DEFINITION MUSCLE CAR : internet search, (chrysler300country.com),click on, full table of contents, scroll down, click on muscle cars, under picture click continue, then read the total article. It is amazing how confused people are on the term muscle car. Superchargers, three two barrel carbs, two four barrel carbs, big engines, were used on many pre 1964 vehicles but in low numbers or non affordable to the general population. Nitrous was around well before 1964. Lots of race type engines could be purchased in a vehicle but basically only a professional racer could aquire one. For example Pontiac put lots of 389's their Pontiacs in 1959, is this a muscle car? No. Pontiac developed a S.D.421 engine in 1961 only for race cars, not their production cars. The four barrel was used for oval track racing (professional), and the two barrel version for drag racing (professional).
Your Comments : Interim PM tells world leaders at the UN, Why he did ...
Winston Peters doesn't have the ego-strength to back-down now... but hey he doesn't have the back-bone or substance to ever be a leader anyway... thank god - such a fickle small-minded man.... but maybe he could do something different for a change... who knows... stranger things have happened.... 160 days & 18 hrs agoSuggest removalPermalink ex fiji tourist of Australia says… The only interest in justice that bananasinpyjamas has, is to save himself from being tried for his crimes. What a bully to drag his country down to protect his own neck. 160 days & 18 hrs agoSuggest removalPermalink Jimi J SINGH of SYDNEY,NSW,AUSTRALIA says… It now seems that some englightened leaders in Fiji want to live in our global world-the 21st century.We all want to live as a community,but Fiji,unfortunately,was and to some extent even now,infested with peeple who are self-seekers,narrow-minded,greedy,manipulative and down right racist.
Clinton and Obama remain in tough fight as McCain coasts
All of Hillary's business and political success has been predicated on her husband's political position at the time. The one time we all know Hillary was put in charge of something (by her President husband no less), Universal Health Care, she, thanks be to God, failed miserably. As far as I see, she has no rhetoric and no results. Having Hillary as a woman President for a change is not change enough. .
Brasch Words
Told the Rocky Mountain News, 'If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses - because that goes straight to the bottom line - then I hope I can help the country in some way.' Now, that's altruism. He's a real patriot. Will probably make more from consulting than he ever did on the federal payroll. Even has a fancy office in Washington, D.C." That fancy office, I learned, was in the high-rent posh office suite of Joe M. Allbaugh, who ran President George W. Bush's first campaign for the White House. For his loyalty, but certainly with almost no knowledge of emergency management, Allbaugh became Mr. Bush's first FEMA director before he resigned to become a consultant and lobbyist. Allbaugh bestowed the nation's disaster response upon his college buddy Michael Brown.
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